PokeCharms Winter League 2011 - 6vs6 Singles Sign-Ups

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The signups for the Pokecharms Winter League are officially open! The league will be competed under Gen V 6vs6 Singles rules, and all matches will be completed on the battle simulator Pokemon Online. If you don't currently have Pokemon Online installed on your computer, then you can download and install it via this link:

The league format is as follows: every player will battle each of the other competitors once, and will gain a points value determined by whether they won, lost or drew. 3 points will be earned for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The player with the most points after all the battles are finished will be crowned the winner of the 'Charms Winter League.

As for the rules and clauses, they are as follows:

Species Clause: No two Pokemon with the same National Pokedex number can be used on one team.

Evasion Clause: The use of moves that increase evasion (Acupressure, Double Team and Minimize) is prohibited. Using moves that lower accuracy does not violate this clause. The use of Snow Cloak and Sand Veil do not violate this clause. The use of the ability Moody or the items BrightPowder/Lax Incense however DO violate this clause.

Sleep Clause: You may not put more than one Pokemon to sleep on your opponent's side of the field at a time. A Pokemon put to sleep by the move Rest or the ability Effect Spore do not count. Additionally, all Pokemon with the ability Natural Cure must be identified as having this ability as soon as they are put to sleep.

Soul Dew Clause: The item Soul Dew is banned from use.

Fair Play Clause: If a player uses Explosion, Self Destruct, Perish Song or Destiny Bond to cause a draw, the user of the respective move loses.

Swift Swim Clause: Only one Pokemon with the ability "Swift Swim" is allowed per team.

Dream World Pokemon are allowed, but only the ones that can be acquired currently through the Dream World itself, or the two that can be acquired in the games themselves. The list below (covered by a spoiler tag due to its size) will tell you all the Dream World Pokemon available for use in the league; note that Gen III/Gen IV-only TMs, Egg Moves and Tutor Moves are NOT legal on any Pokemon with a Dream World ability unless they are given via the Dream World. The list below will tell you all the moves the Dream World Pokemon are given as well as how they would normally be acquired.

Note that any Pokemon who appears in this list has Dream World abilities available for its entire evolution line (so Poliwag being in the list allows both Dream World Poliwrath and Politoed.) Any Pokemon that does not appear in the list is not allowed to use its Dream World ability, nor is any other Pokemon in its evolutionary line (so Snivy's absence means Contrary Serperior is banned.)

Now unlike previous major events, anyone is allowed to compete in this league as long as they have a forum account and access to the 'Charms chatroom (which should be almost everyone here I'd imagine.) However, there will be strict deadlines for matches, and anyone who fails to meet those deadlines will be disqualified and possibly given a forum warning depending on how inactive they were.

Note that this topic is for sign-ups ONLY. If your post in this topic is not a sign-up post, your post will be considered SPAM and you will receive an official forum warning for it. Any questions must be sent to me via PM, not posted in this topic. This is due to several people who have repeatedly posted in sign-up threads "showing interest" in our events and then decided not to sign up, which is effectively equivalent to SPAM anyway. So, yeah, you can blame those people for this.

Sign-ups will be open for one month, ending on December 14th 2011. If you'd like to compete, please make sure you have signed up by then. Anyone who drops out of the league without good reason after signing up will also receive a forum warning, so keep this in mind before signing up.

One final thing: when you sign up, just post here saying you'd like to sign up. You don't have to post your team members or anything like that, just post saying you wish to compete and you're in.

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Luckii said:

Also, when preparing for a battle, will the participants of the battle have to agree on a tier (UU, OU etc)?

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Guess you didn't read this:

Note that this topic is for sign-ups ONLY. If your post in this topic is not a sign-up post, your post will be considered SPAM and you will receive an official forum warning for it. Any questions must be sent to me via PM, not posted in this topic.

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You're lucky I'm in a pleasant mood. You're also lucky that you already signed up.

In answer to your question, OU will likely be the designated (and probably only) tier for this, although it depends on whether I can get a server up and running or not.

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Just a note: sign-ups will automatically be closed if the number of sign-ups reaches 15 (and we're currently at 11.) Due to the league-style format being used, anything higher than that would result in probably result in the league dragging on for too long. The start date for the matches will remain the same however, so that people can plan their teams without having to worry about their preparation time being suddenly shortened.

I've been waiting to be in a pokemon tounament. the team on my trainer card will not be the pokemon i will be competing, just so you know. anyways... I'm SO in. ;D but, this is my first time... how do we compete and when? i will reply if i cant compete. so ill be back soon.

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December 14th 2011, on Pokemon Online, which can be downloaded through the link in the first post. The same first post that would have told you how and when you compete if you'd read it.

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Yu-nova said:

I'm SO in. but, this is my first time... how do we compete and when? i will reply if i cant compete. so ill be back soon.

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I don't want to hear "maybes." You're either going to compete, or you're not, and I won't sign you up until you're certain you won't just drop out for some stupid reason (which, again, the first post points out quite clearly.)

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...and with that, the signups are now officially closed.

Matches will be due to start on the remainder of the week from December 14th onwards. All teams must be 100% ready to compete by that date, which effectively gives you about two days to prepare as of this point.

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Bump.

For all those who signed up, you will have all received a PM from me reminding you of the signups closing, as well as the official league starting date of December 17th. Make sure you have PO running and your teams sorted out before this date.

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